Domestic cleaning appliance.



u. H. ROTH.

DOMESTIC CLEANING APPLIANCE- APPLICATION r1120 wane. 1014;

'Iafented Jan. 16,1917.

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' TED STATES cam. HERRMANN Born, or soo'rn'ron'r, ENGLAND.

To all whom it-mayco noern:

Be it known that I, CARL HERRMANN ROTH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Southport, in the county of Lancaster, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Domestic Cleaning Appliances, of

which the following is a specification.

I This invention relates to cleaning devices, applicable for domestic and other like-purposes, and has for its object toprovide means whereby floors, walls, carpets, pictures and the like may be cleaned or washed with a minimum of labor, and which at the same time forms a compact article, llght 1n construction, easy in manlpulatlon and adapted to various kinds of work.

In the drawings Figure 1 1s a verticalsection of my arrangement as applied to suctioncleaning devices, and Fig. 2, a section of In these 1 is a cylinder open at one end and adapted to be closed by a lid or cover 2,

said lid or cover 2 having a hole or aperture in the center thereof, in which a tube or rod 3 is inserted. This rod 3 is provided at one end thereof with a nozzle 1, which slides over the surface of the carpet when in use, the other end of said nozzle 4: being provided with a holder 5 to which is attached a disinfectant .6 either in solid .or pulverulent form and suspended inside a bag 7 of canvas or other suitable material, by means of a 'bag 7 into the 'groove 6" of the casingso. as

clip 8 on the boss 2' of the cover- 2. To secure the cover 2 in position and close the mouth of said bag 7 lugs 9 are arranged on the outside ofthe cover 2, thelugs being adapted to receive abolt 10 which is pivoted on a wire or the like fixed to the casing 1, and nuts 11 are also provided toscrew the cover down forcing the wired edge 7 of the through which a handle or rod-13. may pass.

Holesor apertures 14 are'provided in the 'end of the cylinder 1. The holes are covered on the inside of the cylinderbya layer of gauze 15 or other, material to prevent any I- Specificationof Letters Patent. 2

DOMESTIC CLEANING APPLTANCE.

Patented Jan. 16,1917.

Application filed tune as, 1914.. Seria1 No. 847,948

dust entering the bellows the opposite side of the holes being covered by a flap valve 16. Attached to the cylinder is a bel lows or the like 17 preferably made of some strong flexible material in' the inside of which are provided rings of lmetal 23. .The

'rings 23 are or may be sewn or otherwise secured in position inthe-bellows 17. The

upper end of thisbellows is also provided I with a disk 18 having apertures therein, said apertures being covered by flap valves 19. Projecting somewhat above the valves 19, is a casing or ,protectingcovering 20 having holes or apertures 21 at the side thereof, through which the exhaust air passes. Surrounding-the said handle 13 on the inside of I the bellows a protective covering of gauze or other suitable material 22 is arranged, whereby dust or the like is prevented from getting in between the hand grip'24 and the handle 13. If the handle'13 is a. hollow tube A a suitable knob or other convenient means'is provided to prevent anydust escaping and also as a-means for holding and'guiding the cleaner. One or more'small rollers 25- are secured to the nozzle 4 by means of which the movement of the nozzle 4 is facilitated.

The mode of action is as follows :The

machine is held in vone hand by thehandle' 24 and ,in theother by the handle 13, the. bellows 17 are worked backward and forv ward by means of the handle 13, the hand grip 24 being held stationary during such working. 'The nozzle 4 passes over the carpet backward and forward drawing the dust from the floor or the carpet through the nozzle into the bag 7, being retained in .the bag until the latter is emptied. The valves 16 and 21 prevent the dust from passing out of the machine. chine backward and forward and. manipu lating both the :handle24, and 13 together, thehandle 13 maybe held stationary, and

Instead of working the mathe handle 24 alone operated, the operation being exactly'the same in either case, except I I that by such method of using only a very small area can be gone over at a tlme.

Where carpets or rugs are very thick and it 5 is difficult to cause asucti'on the'holes or slots 12 are useful, asby means of such slots,

the air is sucked -in slantwise and strikes the carpet, thereby raising the dust and drawing the dust up the tube 3 into the'bag 7.

To empty the contents of the bag 7 the nuts 11 are unscrewed and the bolts withdrawn "from the lugs10,.the cover 22 then being taken 01f after which the bag can be removed and either shaken, beaten or brushed. The bag 7 can then be replaced and the cover plate 2 secured in position when the machine is ready for further use. A disinfectant 6 is provided in the bag 7 to disinfect 1 the dust; as it is sucked into the bag 7, thereby minimizing any danger of infection and also purifying the exhaust air.

I declare that what I claim is I v A dust receptacle, an air inlet tube projecting thereinto, and an outlet therefrom, a

bracket mounted on said inlet,- tube within said receptacle and having a portion -opp0- site the end of the tube and adjacent thereto, and a disinfectant 'supportedin said portion of the bracket.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this 19th day of June, 1914, in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

. CARL HER-RMANN ROTH. Witnesses EBNALD SIMPSON MOSELEY, v

MALCOLM S umnnns'r. 

